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THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS

... I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, HAYMARKET. E ING, at 748 ?? MORNING PERFORMANCES WEDNESDAY and IEBAV at Two. The Largest Minstrel Company on earth. HAVERLYS AMERICAN yA5IOIJON ,t INSTRELS. Forty Famous Performers. A torrent of new American Attractions. rl (N ?? Parr. The Great New York Burlesque Pantomime and Black Ballet, THE HOO 1o QVElEN; or, the Clowvn among the Niggers. The Pic-Nic. Volunteer ...

THE BRONZE AGE IN BRITAIN.*

... 7 IE lTRONZE ACGIE IN BR/ITA TV. AM1I,. ?? roltbably knows more about our' prehistoric archxology thian :yn oce else in England ; and the volume which he has now devoted to tie rcli s cf the Bronze Age is a worthy companion to his magnificent ci d classical work on Ancient Stone Implements. The two together ftin a Ctmlicte museum of ?? prehistoric remains, giving the rnader a general view of ...

AM OCEAN FREE-LANCE.*

... ,AN OCEAN FREE-LANCE. * Tnis would be a much more satisfactory book if it were either more of a romance or less of one ; or if it were possible to make out how much of it is fact and how much fiction. The preface, or advertisement as it is called, tells us that the schooner Tigress was a well-known privateer, and the name of Shelvocke, who commanded her down to December, 1814, stood ...

COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON OF FRENCH COMEDY

... COM1MENCEMENT OF THE SEASON oF FRENCH COMKED Y. A CERTAIN amount of familiarity with the French stage is an inlisp** portion of modern culture. Ten years ago, when the Cornjdie Ira ai mnde its first visit to London, matters were otherwise, and it was 'vitij difficulty the fact was then conveyed to the public that actin, of a kind it was desirable to see was within its reach. Nov, however ...

THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS

... 'THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. I ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Mdme. .ADELINA PATTI. THIS EVENING (Monday), Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. RCSINA ?? Mdme. ADELINA PA.TTI. FG. . . ?? Signor COTOGNI. BARTOLO ?? Signor CIAsMPI. EAsILro ?? Signor DE RESZI;. And ALAVIIA . ?? Signor NICOLIX. Conductor, Signor BEVIGNANI. Mdme. ALBANI. TO-MORROW (Tuesday) (for the First ...

MDME. MODJESKA AS FROU-FROU

... JIDAIE. XODJESKA A S FROU-FROU. ?? \IODJESKA's appearance in Frou-Frou is a natural consequence (f her Success in kindred characters. A species of arbitrary disposition of the ore important dramatic conceptions has long prevailed; and just as a, cfllinencenent in Juliet involves a continuation with Julia in the Hunchback and Pauline in The Lady of Lyons, so a triumph in g'iarguerite ...

MISS ROSSETTI'S POEMS

... HISS ROSSETTI'S POEMS. % THESE poems are sincere, truly felt, and for the most part happily expressed. Though they do not rise to the strength of those who are strong among poets, they are never feeble, and they are free from the imitative mannerism which is the pest of so much recent English verse, and has gone near to ruin two or three promising writers. And yet there is a half-dissatisfied ...

STRONBUY; OR, HANKS OF HIGHLAND YARN

... 4'STRONBUY; OR, HANKS OF HIGHLAND YARN. - THE humours of a holiday sojourn in the Highlands have furnished scores of novelists with light subjects, and once or twice (notably in Major Lochhart's Fair to See ) have given occasion to some excellent work. Stronbuy is one of the least ambitious of these performances. It has exceedingly little plot. Two friends in a public office, the ...

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH HISTORY.*

... INTRODUCTION TO THE STUD Y OF ENGLISH IIS TOR Y ?? Tii is introduction is in some ways a most interesting, in others a most disapl)ointing, book. Its great defect lies in its original plan. What necessary connection MNr. Gardiner's admirable essays have with AMr. T\dullinger's rather second-rate catalogue of books bearing on the study of English history we cannot imagine. Both the essays ...

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... AE 7W BOOKS AND AE IF EDITION-S. The Human Voice. By Dr. Farrar. (Marshall Jap) and Co.) 'IlIough Dr. Farrar speaks of his book as seeking to give a f'fa'' description of the organs and parts concerned in the production of the facility of sneech, it is practically a scientific treatise. The anatomy anJI thlc pathology of the subject are separately handled, the former very properly ...

THREE NEW NOVELS.*

... I ?? . .- I r -t I ff _ - __ IT may be said without exaggeration of Mr. Norris's new novel that it has y not a single dull page. It is amusing and interesting from end to end. I The numerous and widely varying characters are all lifelike, and a few of i them are very engaging personalities. The situations are realistic without i being commonplace. The plot is well woven and holds without ...